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    The SeventhPrincipleProject

    Newsletter

    Volume 2

    Issue 2

    Spring 2003

    Sponsors of the

    Green Sanctuary

    Program

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    Eight Fantastic Reasons to Attend General Assembly

    in Boston this June!

    The Seventh Principle Project is offering a widespectrum of not-to-be-missed programming at this years

    General Assembly. Whether you are just putting your toe

    in the water as a edgling Green Sanctuary candidate or

    you are leading the march as a UU environmental activist,

    there will be inspirational programming and pertinent

    information for you!

    Thursday, June 26, 10-3 PM: Pre-Conference

    WorkshopBecoming a Green Sanctuary (see article

    on page 6).

    Friday, June 27, 2:45-4:00 PM: Seventh Principle

    Annual Meeting. In addition to a brief business meeting

    which will include election of Board, we will be

    honoring the achievements of our new Green Sanctuary

    congregations, celebrating together with songs led by Jim

    Scott, and dancing the Elm Dance which inspired villages

    near Chernobyl and is now danced around the world in

    celebration of eco-activists everywhere.

    Friday, June 27, 4:30-5:45 PM: Footsteps to Follow:

    Learning from Green Sanctuary Congregations . This

    workshop will present a smorgasbord of ideas for projects, programs, and practices. Activists from candidate and

    certied Green Sanctuaries across the country will share

    stories about their work in congregations and interfaith

    coalitions. This will be a stimulating show and tell.

    Friday, June 27, 4:30-5:45 PM: Introducing the Earth

    and Spirit Songbook compiled by past Seventh Principle

    Chair Jim Scott and sponsored by the Seventh Principle

    Project.

    Friday, June 27, 8:45-10PM: Bill McKibben, Crossing

    Moral and Environmental Thresholds. Humansconfront two enormous borders to cross. We are raising

    the planets temperature, and we are learning to manipulate

    genes. Both present grave practical dangers - but more

    they pose the key moral and ethical questions of our

    lifetimes. Come explore humanitys options with this

    acclaimed environmentalist and author, and learn about his

    newest book, Enough.

    Saturday, June 28, 8:45-10 PM: Walking the Eco-

    Spirit Path. Our respect for the interdependent web of

    all existence calls us to revitalize our relationship with

    the Earth, enriching our spiritual life while strenghteningour commitment to sustainable living and environmenta

    justice. UU ministers will share practices from the

    personal and congregational life that help them to nurture

    the eco-spirit.

    Sunday, June 29, 5:15-6:30 PM: Frances Moore Lappe

    Traveling Hopes Edge: Building a Just, Sustainable

    Planet. Ms. Lappe, co-author with her daughter, Anna

    of Hopes Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet, wil

    share stories from their travels around the world to meet

    ordinary people of extraordinary courage. Ms. Lapp wil

    share with us how grassroots movements around the world

    are effecting change that demonstrates the human capacity

    for building a just and sustainable world. This program is

    co-sponsored by Unitarian Universalists for Just Economic

    Community.

    Monday, June 30, 8:00-9:15 AM: Leaving Smaller

    Environmental Footprints Through Renewable

    Energy. Lara Hoke from Massachusetts Interfaith Power

    and Light and Erika Morgan from Maine Interfaith Power

    and Light will ably present an array of renewable energy

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    options available to you and your congregation to reduce

    your contributions to global warming and to promote

    environmental justice.

    Monday, June 30, 11:30AM-12:PM: Walking the

    Walk: Greening General Assembly. Large conferences

    leave a heavy footprint on our planet. Following our

    Seventh Principle we examine how we can reduce the

    environmental impact of our meetings and prepare for a

    greener GA. Inspirational and practical presentations, tools

    for assessing your personal impact, and a discussion with

    experts and members of the UUA GA Program Planning

    Committee for 2004.

    Claudia Kern, SPP GA Events Coordinator

    Note from the Newsletter Editor:One of the joys of being the editor of this newsletter

    is the opportunity to read the articles as soon as they arrive

    and then to incorporate graphics to highlight the articles.

    Of course, for this newsletter, footprints was an obvious

    choice. As I looked for footprint clipart I often ran across

    clipart of various animals and their tracks. These clips

    brought to mind many childhood adventures following

    tracks and deciphering just who had made them. I realize

    now that one of the most wonderful aspects of nding tracks

    is the sense of sharing that place with another creature.

    One of the activities the Seventh Principle Project issponsoring at GA is a method for calculating our individual

    ecological footprints (page 6). Having already done this, I

    can I vouch for the fact that this is a sobering experience,

    but a worthy and informative one. Remembering my joy

    as a child of sharing nature with other creatures, I realize

    that in working to lessen the depth and breadth of our

    footprints we are working to ensure that our footprints will

    not be alone, but will always be accompanied by those of

    so many wonderous fellow creatures.

    Sharon Roberts, Newsletter Editor

    Board News:

    Universalism and of how we might create more interactions

    between SPP and the UUA. As an afliate program

    the SPP receives no direct support from the UUA, but

    we talked about whether and how this might change a

    few years down the road. Katherine Jesch, our Director

    of Environmental Ministry, had a similarly successfu

    meeting earlier in the week with Meg and UUA President

    Bill Sinkford. Katherine and the Board are quite pleased

    with these positive conversations and look forward to more

    in the future.

    Other highlights of the meeting included:

    Planning for the fabulous programs and

    workshops we are sponsoring at General

    Assembly this year in Boston (see related

    article).

    Discussion of a SPP grant being used

    by singer, songwriter Jim Scott, who is

    compiling and producing an Earth Songbook,

    which should be available at GA.

    Starting the process of greening General

    Assembly for 2004.

    Presentation on a program of environmental

    actions that can be taken by congregations, as

    part of or separate from the Green Sanctuary

    program.

    Updates on a logo, brochure, web site, data

    base, and newsletters.

    Report on the Green Sanctuary program and

    the nearly completed revised Manual.

    Discussion of the need for fundraising.The Board will focus on this last point at its next

    meeting in early April. We have worked hard on a vision o

    where we would like SPP to be in 3-5 years and we believe

    strongly in the importance of this work. Our curren

    budget is $21,000 and we do a lot for that money. But, we

    believe we can do so much more and envision a budget 3-4

    times this amount. The trick, of course, is coming up with

    the necessary combination of grants, donations, and other

    income to make it work. Any ideas or suggestions you may

    have would be welcome. Please contact me at 802-388

    7669 [email protected].

    And, by the way, we did nally get the keys to the

    building. It was a measure of our focus and persistence

    however, that great work happened while sitting and

    waiting in a hallway near Dupont Circle.

    Steve Maier, Chair

    Amidst doses of laughter and tenderness, and

    despite problems with locked buildings and doors, the

    Seventh Principle Project (SPP) Board completed another

    successful Board meeting on January 31 February 2 in

    Washington, D.C.

    We were joined on Friday evening by Meg Riley,

    Director of the UUAs Ofce of Advocacy and Witness

    (formerly Faith in Action), who also generously provided

    space for our meetings. We shared our visions of the

    connections between environmental work and Unitarian

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    If youre interested in being directly involved in this

    expanding UUA relationship, contact Katherine so she can

    get you plugged in.Coversations with Rev. Bill Sinkford, President of

    the UUA, and Meg Riley, Director of the UUA Ofce of

    Advocacy and Witness, are helping to deepen and expand

    our institutional relationships.

    Rev. Sinkford has afrmed in several venues his

    belief that SPP has carried the environmental conscience

    for the UUA essentially alone for too long. He believesit is time for the UUA to take a greater role in supporting

    and carrying out the environmental commitments made

    over the years in nearly two dozen General Assembly

    resolutions (see

    In the coming months we will be exploring several

    areas where collaboration between the UUA and SPP can

    yield important results. For example, the UUA can help

    us extend our contacts in our Green Sanctuary work with

    congregations through the Congregational Services staff

    group. We can also take advantage of the resources in the

    Congregational Fundraising ofce as we seek to expandsupport for SPP programs.

    The Advocacy and Witness staff includes an

    internship program for social justice advocates. Meg

    Riley has stated her intention to obtain funding to add an

    environmental justice intern to this group. SPP should

    actively support fund raising for this position, and could

    also help in recruitment when funding is obtained.

    An environmental audit of the Beacon Street

    buildings and operations is being initiated this spring, with

    the rst level of evaluation to be conducted my Meadville-

    Lombard Theological School students Margaret Beard andMichael Tino. We have offered to help identify resources

    for follow-up actions that may be called for.

    We are also initiating a major discussion on greening

    the General Assembly. This is a long term effort that may

    take several years to show signicant results, but we see

    many possibilities for changing the way GA is done to

    reduce the impact on the earth. Close collaboration with

    the GA Planning Committee and staff will be essential as

    we explore what is possible and reasonable for such a large

    and complex enterprise. See the GA schedule in this issue

    for the program session on this issue.

    As an initial way of supporting SPP program efforts,

    the Advocacy and Witness staff group has invited our

    Director of Environmental Ministry to begin working in the

    Washington ofce. Beginning this month, Katherine Jesch

    will be working in that ofce a couple of days each week,

    taking advantage of ofce support as well as spontaneous

    opportunities for collaboration.

    Well keep you posted as these efforts evolve, and

    as new opportunities for UUA collaboration emerge.

    SPP Relationship with UUA is Growing

    Seventh Principle Seeks New Board

    CandidatesDear Friends,

    It is my privilege to serve on the Board of the Seventh

    Principle Project. For the last two years, I have been par

    of a group of seven people from Oregon, Texas, Alabama

    Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and

    Vermont who are carrying the Seventh Principle Projec

    organization to a new level of commitment and structural

    development. We have travelled long distances at our own

    expense to meet for marathon weekends of hammering

    out a vision and then creating the practical steps to carry

    forward that vision. Amidst that hard work, each of us has

    found a renewed sense of personal hope, the satisfaction of

    effecting change in UU Congregations and the UUA, andfellowship which has led to lasting friendships.

    This year during General Assembly at the Seventh

    Principle Project Annual Meeting, you will have the

    opportunity to elect the Board which will serve for the

    following year. Six of us have agreed to continue on the

    Board at your pleasure; however, we are looking for at least

    three individuals to join our merry band. In particular

    Dianne Rahm, our treasurer-extraordinaire, will be

    stepping down, and we are seeking a replacement who can

    not only prepare quarterly nancial reports and prepare the

    annual budget, but who will be able to assist us in carryingout some major fundraising goals in the next few years.

    We are also seeking two detail-oriented individuals

    to serve as our Board Scribe and as our Corresponding

    Secretary. Our meetings are action-packed, and having

    a Scribe to record our deliberations is an urgent necessity

    A Corresponding Secretary is also urgently needed to assist

    us in communicating with our membership and others in a

    more timely fashion. In addition, we would welcome the

    candidacy of any of you who feel called to serve, especially

    those from unrepresented geographical areas and those

    with ministerial or District experience/perspective.

    Truly, serving on this board is a privilege. If you

    are able to travel to at least three board meetings a year

    (there are four, including one at GA), are willing to make a

    serious, but reasonable commitment of time to forwarding

    the work of the Seventh Principle Project, and like to laugh

    a lot, please contact either Steve Maier, Board Chair, or me

    to learn more.

    We look forward to hearing from you!

    Claudia Kern, Vice Chair

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    After ve years of study and preparation, our own

    Katherine Jesch will be ordained April 13th at 4:

    00pm at the UU Church of Arlington, VA, her home

    church. For those of you in the Washington, DC,

    metro area, Katherine would love to have you join

    in that celebration. Katherine plans to continueher environmental work as a community minister

    and in the coming months will be searching for a

    congregation that sees environmental work as a part

    of their ministry, and that would be open to exploring

    a relationship with her as an environmental minister.

    I hope you will keep me in your prayers as I begin

    this next phase of my faith journey.

    Congratulations to Katherine Jesch, our

    Director of Environmental Ministry!!

    Green Sanctuary News:

    Interest and participation in the Green Sanctuary

    Program is expanding by leaps and bounds! Many are

    nding the Green Sanctuary program is just the antidote

    they need to the discouragement and frustration, if not

    downright despair, of these uncertain times. The level of

    enthusiasm I see across the continent is truly a source of

    hope. Were building understanding and commitment forhealing the earth that will carry us far beyond the present

    efforts to undo the progress of the past 30 years. So keep

    the faith!

    Our list of Green Sanctuary candidates has nearly

    doubled since my last report in November, bringing us to a

    total of 23 candidate congregations! A growing number of

    other churches have undertaken the preliminary planning

    effort, with several that anticipate being ready to apply for

    candidacy in the coming months.

    I am also hearing from congregations who anticipate

    calling for a congregational vote to become certied as

    Green Sanctuaries this spring. If your congregation is

    nearing this milestone, let me know about your progress.

    Its all Happening in the Churches

    Wonderful things are happening in congregations all

    over the country, and I encourage you to share your stories

    with each other. If youre not already signed on to the

    listserv, what are you waiting for? And if you are, have

    you told your story yet?

    I was excited to hear of the National Wildlife Federation

    Green Sanctuary Program Continues to

    Grow

    certied wildlife garden at the First Unitarian Universalist

    Church of Austin, Texas, for example. (And to see the

    video clip from their local news broadcast!)

    Practical questions about environmental audits

    recycling, dishwashing vs disposables, car pooling

    invasive species, land use policies the list of topics is

    unending. The listserve conversation allows you to draw

    on the experience of those whove already found solutions

    to the challenges youre struggling with. I encourage you

    to participate in this valuable resource.

    A New Manual at last!

    Last summer we asked for feedback on the Green

    Sanctuary program and the Manual from participating

    congregations. We heard from a number of you, and

    based on the input we received, we have completed a fairly

    substantial revision of the program structure.

    In this new edition of the Manual, we have modied the

    program steps to offer more exibility and choice to t the

    different circumstances we nd in the many congregations

    who want to participate. Instead of six Action Areas, thereare now four; instead of 17 activities, we now ask you to do

    only twelve. The initial steps that precede the application

    for candidacy are considered preparatory steps, designed

    to help you organize and structure a program that will be

    successful.

    If your congregation is already well under way

    under the old program structure, it will be your choice

    as to whether you want to continue as is, or if it would

    work better for you to switch to the new structure. If this

    raises questions for you, I encourage you to give me a call

    to discuss the options. We certainly dont want you toloose momentum with any adjustments, and its important

    to take advantage of the good work you have already

    accomplished.

    For a short time, the new Manual is still a draft. This

    means were continuing to update references and resources

    and if we get questions or comments indicating a need for

    clarication, well certainly take care of that. But primarily

    were formatting and adding graphics to make the Manual

    more attractive and user friendly. We plan to have the na

    version ready for distribution in May, at which time the

    price will increase to $20.00. In the meantime, the currendraft will remain at the bargain price of $10.00. To ge

    your copy, see the order form on page ___.

    A Green Sanctuary Conference in Atlanta

    Nearly 60 people from congregations around th

    southeastern region gathered in Atlanta, GA, on February

    15 for a Green Sanctuary conference hosted by the UU

    Congregation of Atlanta (UUCA). Conference coordinator

    Lyn Conley, also a UUA Board of Trustees member, and

    her team of planners designed a day-long program of

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    workshops and presentations. Participants chose from

    among a list of topics ranging from religious education

    to landscaping, and public policy to community action.

    Sessions provided opportunities for dialogue, envisioning

    a more sustainable future in personal, congregational, and

    community lives. A special concert by Jim Scott opened

    the weekend event, lling hearts and souls with earth songs

    and getting everyone in the mood for the following days

    events.

    UUCA has just completed a major renovation and

    expansion of their church facility, and took advantage

    of the opportunity to show off the green aspects of

    their renovation project. A tour was offered before the

    opening session to acquaint participants with the energy

    conservation and other features that had been installed.

    The keynote address featured Mr. George Bandy,

    Social Sustainability Manager at Interface Research, Inc.,

    in Atlanta. Mr. Bandys presentation, I, Too, Have a

    Dream, was a take-off from Martin Luther Kings I Have

    a Dream speech. He vividly drew the connection betweenracism and environmental degradation, suggesting that if

    Rev. King had lived, he would have been one of the leading

    voices for protecting natural resources and cleaning up

    toxic waste, recognizing that the poor and disenfranchised

    are the rst victims of environmental damage. A free-

    owing conversation followed the formal presentation,

    focusing on issues economics, corporate responsibility,

    and environmental justice, among others.

    Participants in the workshop on the Green Sanctuary

    Program were the rst to have an opportunity to examine

    the revised Green Sanctuary Manual and discuss the newprocess with interested congregations. Response was very

    positive, and the new Manual turned out to be a best

    seller!

    Chicago Area Outreach by Elgin Green Sanctuary

    Activists

    After hosting a Green Sanctuary workshop last fall,

    members of the UU Church of Elgin, IL, arent content

    to maintain their focus only on actions within their own

    congregation. While the Green Sanctuary committee is

    accelerating efforts to integrate Green Sanctuary goals into

    congregational life, activists Dave Segel and Mary AliceMasonic are taking the show on the road in the greater

    Chicago area. In collaboration with the environmental

    task force of the UUs for Social Justice, Dave and Mary

    Alice are conducting a series of on-site Green Sanctuary

    presentations for other congregations. They have also

    made themselves available for phone consultation to UU

    congregations in the Chicago metropolitan and adjacent

    Wisconsin and Indiana areas.

    In spreading the Green Sanctuary gospel, Dave

    and Mary Alice have not limited themselves to only UU

    churches. In Chicago, as in other areas, they are nding

    that the Green Sanctuary program has appeal in the

    interfaith networks as a way to frame environmental values

    for action in a context of faith and spirituality.

    Green Sanctuary at District Assemblies

    Districts across the UUA hold Assemblies or

    conferences every year, either in Spring or Fall. This is an

    excellent opportunity to share your experience and build

    networks with other green-inclined UUs. Anyone can

    propose a workshop, and if youd like Seventh Principle

    Project or Green Sanctuary materials to share at these

    events, be sure to contact me in advance. I can even send

    a few Green Sanctuary Manuals on consignment if youd

    like to sell them at a workshop.

    I am aware of at least two District Assemblies where

    this is happening this spring. The Elgin Green Sanctuary

    Committee co-chairs will present a Green Sanctuary

    workshop on April 5th at the UU Central Midwest Distric

    Annual Meeting in Evanston. Their presentation wil

    concentrate on visioning and process as well as provideinformation on the program.

    The UU Church of Riverside, CA, is also hosting a

    GS workshop, this one at the Pacic Southwest District

    Assembly on April 25 to 27 in Irvine, California. Their

    workshop will feature a town meeting-style format in

    which participants will focus on what their church or

    fellowship has accomplished and plans to accomplish in

    the next six to twelve months. This is the second year in a

    row that Riverside has presented at the Assembly.

    Katherine Jesch, Director of Environmental Ministry

    Check Out the Green Sanctuary E-Mail

    List

    Almost 200 UUs from all over North America are

    now signed up with the Green Sanctuary e-mail list and

    have been exchanging information about the program for

    several months now. The e-mail list is a great way to ask

    questions about Green Sanctuary or to share successes.

    Its easy to sign on to the list-serve (and to unsubscribe if

    you decide you dont like it). Point your web browser to:

    http://www.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/greensanctuary

    and follow the directions. Give it a try - wed

    like to hear from you! If you have any problems

    or questions, contact List Manager Steve Maier

    ([email protected]).

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    More Information about Seventh

    Principle Project Events at Gen-

    eral Assembly in BostonPre-General Assembly Workshop:

    Becoming A Green Sanctuary

    The overwhelming enthusiasm that greets us at our

    annual Green Sanctuary workshop at General Assemby hasled us to try a different approach this year. Instead of the

    usual 75 minute program session, we will hold a 5-hour

    pre-conference workshop at the GA convention center on

    Thursday, June 27, from 10 am to 3 pm. Using a format that

    has proven successful at a number of congregations around

    the country last year, well explore the Green Sanctuary

    Program as a path to sustainable living and eco-justice.

    With more time at our disposal, well be able to share

    ideas, experiences, and resources in greater detail; create

    and expand networks among Green Sanctuary participants

    for greater mutual support; and develop strategies you cantake home to initiate or enrich the Green Sanctuary efforts

    in your congregation.

    Workshop fee of $___ will include lunch and your

    own copy of the newly revised Green Sanctuary Manual. A

    ten percent discount is available for three or more registered

    from any one congregation. To register, send your check

    or money order with your name, mailing address, email

    address and the name of your congregation to the Seventh

    Principle Project ofce at PO Box 1523, Arlington, VA

    22210.

    The titles for this years GA Programs (see page 1)

    use a lot of words like walking, footprints, traveling,

    crossing thresholds, and this issue of the newsletter

    is littered with footprints! Seventh Pr inciples

    theme for General Assembly this year is the

    Ecological Footprint. An ecological

    footprint is an expression of demand

    on Earths resources, c omp are d

    with the biological capacity of

    the planet, thus this calculationis one way of quantifying an

    ind ivi dua ls, or a businesss,

    or even a congregations

    i m p a c t on our living system. At our GA

    exhibit booth, we will be providing visitors with the

    interactive opportunity to calculate their individual and

    congregational environmental footprints using special

    computer programs, and, of course, we will be providing

    lots of practical information on how to reduce that

    footprint. Encourage everyone you know to stop by and

    participate! If you are not attending GA, but would like to

    GA Booth Preview: Whats with all theFootprints?

    Greening General Assembly!

    In addition to our interactive booth, Seventh Principle

    will also be widely distributing a questionnaire at GA

    asking attendees to help us determine the environmental

    impact of General Assembly. Among the questions we wil

    be asking are: How did you travel to GA?

    How many air or road miles did you travel? Does

    your hotel take any environmental initiatives? Have you

    asked for and received vegetarian and/or organic food

    choices at the conference center and/or your hotel?

    The results of these questionnaire will provide usefu

    input as the Seventh Principle hosts a discussion with

    the GA Program Committee, experts in green conference

    planning, and interested UUs on how we can work together

    to reduce the negative environmental impact of future

    annual gatherings.

    In the meantime, each of us can begin to make this

    GA(and our other journeys) more sustainable by taking the

    following steps:

    1. Carpool or charter a bus if you are driving to

    GA.

    2. Download a Green Hotel Initiative Guest

    Request Card from www.ceres.org/our_work/

    ghi.htm and use it when checking in and out of

    your hotel.

    3. Offset the carbon dioxide emissions createdby your travel by supporting wind and solar as

    renewable energy sources.

    Help Wanted at GA! Heres your

    chance to get involved.Will you be attending General Assembly in Bostonthis June? Can you volunteer two hours or more to the

    Seventh Principle? We are planning to be very visible a

    GA with a unique, interactive booth and a total of eight

    programs. Our goal is to communicate our mission t

    as many attendees as possible and to continue building

    membership and participation. To do this, we need the help

    of our members!

    You can help in two ways. First, there will be an

    information table at each of our programs, and volunteers

    calculate your ecological footprint and learn more online

    visit www.redeningprogress.org.

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    Earth and Spirit songbook coming

    soon!We hope youll be as excited as we are that Jim

    Scott (UU musician, songwriter, and major activist for the

    Seventh Principle Project) is producing a new songbook

    hes calling Earth and Spirit. SPP sponsored his grant

    application last fall, and the UU Funding Program awarded

    $8,000 for the project.

    The Earth and Spirit Songbookwill provide a

    resource for worship and religious education, as well as

    for any group celebrating the earth. Primarily intended as

    a tool for participatory group singing, this book is a rst

    offering in a projected series of materials by the Seventh

    Principle Project. It will hopefully also serve as a fund

    raising tool for SPP.

    Jim plans to include about a hundred songs in the

    volume, with melody, piano accompaniment and chord

    symbols for improvisers on all instruments. Categories

    of songs will include seasonal and religious celebrations,

    earth images, environmental justice issues, and human

    connections, among other topics. In addition to a number

    of Jims own songs, the songbook will include offerings

    from a wide range of composers, both familiar and new.

    The Earth and Spirit Songbookwill be a valuable

    resource for Green Sanctuary congregations seeking

    to expand their repertoire for worship and celebration

    activities. Jim plans to introduce the book at a workshop at

    General Assembly, where it will be available for sale.

    are needed to help staff those tables immediately before and

    after the programs. Secondly, we hope to have one board

    member and at least one volunteer at the exhibit booth at

    all times. It would be wonderful to have volunteers from

    candidate and certied Green Sanctuary Congregations to

    share their experiences with passers-by.

    GA is the Seventh Principle Projects major

    opportunity to reach out to the greater UU community

    with the message that, as UUs, we are called to addressthe spiritual and ethical aspects of human activity that

    affect the health and sustainability of the living Earth. Will

    you help us deliver this message by volunteering a few

    hours of your time at GA? Please check the preliminary

    GA schedule at www. uua.org/ga and then contact Board

    Member Rick North, at 503-968-1520 (Pacic time) or e-

    mail at [email protected] and let him know the days

    and/or times you would be available.

    Newsletter News:One of our goals this year is to publish the 7th PP

    newsletter four times a year. Help us reduce costs by

    receiving your newsletter electronically. The newsletter

    is available as a PDF document requiring only the free

    Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, view and print. The reader

    can be downloaded from www.adobe.com. To receive

    the newsletter via e-mail, please contact Claudia Kern at

    [email protected]. e

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    The Seventh Principle ProjectKatherine JeschDirector of Environmental MinistryP.O. Box 1523Arlington, VA 22210

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    For further information, visit our website

    www.uuaspp.org

    or call us at (703)-920-3615

    The Seventh Principle Project Needs You!Help our organization grow by joining us today! We are a volunteer organization dedicated to afrming and

    promoting the Seventh Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part..

    Annual membership is $25.00. Please join or renew today by completing the membership form below and

    sending it along with your check to :

    Seventh Principle Project

    c/o Claudia Kern

    PO Box 143

    Lyme, NH 03768

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    If you have questions regarding the Seventh Principle Project, the Green Sanctuary Program or membership,

    please contact us at [email protected] or contact the ofce at (703)-920-3615.